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So You Recycled Your Old Laptop. Here's Where It Might've Gone.

Dominique Mosbergen

July 20, 2018 |

The Huffington Post |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: China, Shanghai

As technology advances, so does the electronic waste that it produces as people throw out their old products to make way for the new ones. To reduce their e-waste footprint and keep the materials out of landfills, companies such as Dell are pushing for closed-loop recycling – a process that reuses the recycled product to make the same product again.

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Singapore's abandoned bikes show how not to regulate the sharing economy

Leon Voon

July 18, 2018 |

Apolitical |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Singapore, Singapore

The tale of bike-sharing in Singapore sheds light on how governments can predict and manage technology changes in the future. Three bike-sharing startups quickly dominated the market, raised money, feared impending regulation, and then left Singapore. Had the government utilized better forecasting, by paying more attention to reports and the external environment, maybe the problem of countless deserted bikes could have been avoided. For now, the government can note its regulatory mistakes and prepare better for future technology.

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How Penzance became Britain's first ever plastic-free town

Simon Usborne

July 18, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, Penzance, England

“There were bottles, cocktail sticks, coffee cup lids, razors, toothbrushes," recalls Rachel Yates, a Penzance community member, in describing the looks of a Cornish beach she volunteered to clean up with marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage. Shortly after, she joined the charity and led the Cornwall community to achieving plastic-free status through awareness and campaigning efforts, unifying the town in the fight against single-use plastics.

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How San Francisco sends less trash to the landfill than any other major U.S. city

Katie Brigham

July 14, 2018 |

CNBC |

Multi-Media |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

San Francisco is aiming to achieve zero waste by 2020. Thanks to the implementation of public policy that made recycling and composting mandatory and a focus on city-wide awareness, however, the Californian city has already been able to divert 80 percent of its waste from landfills. It diverts more waste from landfills than any major city.

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Can Norway help us solve the plastic crisis, one bottle at a time?

Matthew Taylor

July 12, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: Norway, Oslo

Norway runs a return and recycling program for bottles and cans that is a measurably successful. They tax companies that produce plastics—unless the companies can prove they recycle more 95% of production. Consumers are encouraged to return plastic with a small cash incentive.

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The man who paves India's roads with old plastic

Kamala Thiagarajan

July 09, 2018 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: India, Madurai

Dr. Rajagopalan Vasudevan, a chemistry professor in India, has a new approach to plastic. "It's time we stop seeing plastic as the enemy and turn it into our biggest resource," Dr. Vasudevan says. By adding molten used plastic into a mixture of bitumen, a substance that binds roads, the professor found a solution that stuck. India has since paved over 16,000 km of roads since 2002 using plastic as part of the process.

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She cut her weekly trash down so much it fits in an unbelievably small jar

Victoria Adams Fogg

July 07, 2018 |

The Washington Post |

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Response Location: Canada, Montreal, Quebec

Buying local and in bulk, carrying her own containers, planning ahead and making her own food has resulted in this woman's weekly trash output being contained to a single 2.5-inch-tall Mason jar.

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This Boot Camp Trains Young People to Fight Plastic Pollution

Shaima Shamdeen

July 06, 2018 |

Yes! Magazine |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

A boot camp in New Orleans equips young activists with the knowledge and communications tools to educate their own peers about the pressing issue of plastic pollution. Students return home to their communities ready to make concrete changes in local businesses and minds.

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Can plastic roads curb waste epidemic?

Katy Scott

July 02, 2018 |

CNN |

Multi-Media |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: Scotland

Aiming to improve road conditions and cut down on plastic waste, a Scottish engineer found a way to blend the two. After testing a series of different recipes, he found the perfect recipe that is now being used across United Kingdom and the Gulf, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

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A chemical breakthrough could eat the plastic pollution crisis

Bonnie Christian

July 01, 2018 |

Wired |

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Response Location: United States, East Menlo Park, California

When plastics are recycled with remnants of food or grease on them, they are discarded due to market regulations, thus adding to the world's trash problem. One researcher has found a solution to account for these: a bacteria that liquefies the contaminated materials.

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